Greenspan suggested cutting future benefits and raising the retirement age of social security. Yet the projected Social Security shortfall over the next 75 years is less than one-third the projected cost of tax cuts enacted over the past three years.
Tag Archives: politics
9/11
Hastert to block 9/11 commission extension. Rice, Bush, and Cheney declined a request to testify. I’m not exactly sure how Bush can say he is giving the commission his full support. Update: Looks like Hastert changed his tune after John McCain and Joe Lieberman launched a bipartisan effort Friday to force House Republicans to extend …
More links
I realize I post too many links, but these two are really worth checking out: The top Censored Media Stories of 2002-2003. Some of this has been picked up in limited bits (Depleted Uranium Rounds and Corporate Personhood), but the vast majority is still underreported. An interview with Karen Kwiatkowski (formerly in Near East South …
Healthcare
Why Canadians are healthier – An impressive array of comparative data shows that Canadians live longer and healthier lives than we (americans) do. What’s more, they pay roughly half as much per capita as we do — $2,163 versus $4,887 in 2001 — for the privilege Have to say that my experience here so far …
Politics links
Bush stonewalling the 9/11 report.Electronic voting machines do not equal accuracy. Salon story here.Free markets fix everything. Or not. More here.New York City Council approved a resolution condemning the ‘Patriot Act’.Bush and reality.Britain spied on UN allies over war vote after plea from US security agency.Wouldn’t this be a fun flight?